Sunday
“A Year on Planet Earth” (Fox Nation): The wonders of the natural world are on display in this new six-part series.
“Elvis: That’s the Way It Is” (TCM, 5 p.m. ET): A two-film birthday salute to the King of Rock ’n’ Roll kicks off with this 1970 concert doc set in Las Vegas.
“Alert: Missing Persons Unit” (Fox, 8 p.m.; also 9 p.m. Monday): Scott Caan and “Devious Maids’” Dania Ramirez head the cast of this new Philadelphia-set procedural.
“My Sister’s Serial Killer Boyfriend” (Lifetime, 8 p.m.): A reporter has suspicions about her sibling’s latest crush in this new TV movie.
“All Creatures Great and Small” (PBS, 9 p.m.): Return with us now to 1930s Yorkshire in new episodes of this rebooted drama.
“Anne Rice’s Mayfair Witches” (AMC, 8 p.m.): Alexandra Daddario (“The White Lotus”) is one of them in this new supernatural drama based on the author’s bestselling trilogy.
“Giuliani: What Happened to America’s Mayor?” (CNN, 9 and 10 p.m.): This new four-part series charts the rise and fall of the former New York mayor turned Trump loyalist.
“Vienna Blood” (PBS, 10 p.m.): The mystery drama set in the Austrian capital in the early 1900s is back for a third season.
Monday
“Detectorists” (Acorn TV): The treasure-hunting BFFs (Mackenzie Crook and Toby Jones) from the hit 2014-17 Britcom are back in an all-new special.
“Koala Man” (Hulu): He’s like Batman, if Batman was a middle-aged Aussie fighting petty crimes in the ‘burbs in this new adult animated sitcom.
College Football Playoff National Championship (ESPN, 7:30 p.m.): The Georgia Bulldogs take on the TCU Horned Frogs in the title game at SoFi Stadium.
“NCIS,” “NCIS: Hawai’i” and “NCIS: Los Angeles” (CBS, 8, 9 and 10 p.m.): Team members from across the franchise assemble for a three-part crossover event.
“POV” (PBS, 10 p.m.): A disabled filmmaker in Oakland hits the streets in his wheelchair in the powerful 2022 first-person documentary “I Didn’t See You There.”
Tuesday
“Andrew Santino: Cheeseburger” (Netflix): The comic cracks wise about politics, climate change, etc., in this new stand-up special.
“The Hatchet Wielding Hitchhiker” (Netflix): A viral video star’s 15 minutes of fame end with a 57-year prison sentence in this new documentary.
80th Golden Globe Awards (NBC, 8 p.m.): Eddie Murphy collects career kudos at the return of the embattled Hollywood Foreign Press Association's annual shindig in Beverly Hills.
“Finding Your Roots With Henry Louis Gates, Jr.” (PBS, 8 p.m.): Jeff Daniels and Claire Danes are the professor’s next subjects in this new episode.
“Sex Before the Internet” (Vice, 9 p.m.): This new documentary series recalls a time when access to — ahem — adult entertainment wasn’t just a simple mouse-click away.
“Frontline” (PBS, 10 p.m.): The two-part investigation “Global Spyware Scandal: Exposing Pegasus” concludes.
Wednesday
“Chasing Waves” (Disney+): Everybody’s gone surfin’, surfin’ in Japan in this new docuseries about the sport’s rise in popularity in the wake of the Tokyo Olympics.
“Gina Yei” (Disney+): An aspiring songwriter (Didi Romero) lands a spot at a prestigious music academy in Puerto Rico in this new coming-of-age comedy.
“In With the Old” (HBO Max, Discovery+): More historic but neglected buildings get the TLC they deserve as this renovation show returns.
“Willow” (Disney+): The adventures of the titular wizard (Warwick Davis) and his band of heroes conclude — for now — in the fantasy drama’s finale.
“Lingo” (CBS, 9 p.m.): Contestants struggle to find the right words in this new game show hosted by “RuPaul’s Drag Race” star RuPaul Charles.
Thursday
“The Climb” (HBO Max): “Don’t … look … down” is the best advice we can give to contestants in this new globe-trotting rock-climbing competition.
“How I Caught My Killer” (Hulu): This new true-crime series examines homicide cases solved by the clues the victims themselves inadvertently left behind.
“The Makery” (Peacock): Youngsters try their hand at arts, crafts and cooking in this new short-form series.
“The Traitors” (Peacock): Trust no one in this new competition hosted by “The Good Wife’s” Alan Cumming.
“Riotsville, USA” (Hulu): This 2022 doc revisits the model towns built as training grounds for police and the U.S. military to practice putting down civil unrest here at home.
“Velma” (HBO Max): The bespectacled “Scooby Doo” sleuth (voice of Mindy Kaling) is ready for her close-up in this new adult animated comedy.
“Variety Studio: Actors on Actors” (PBS, 8, 8:30, 9 and 9:30 p.m.): Cate Blanchett and Michelle Yeoh are among the thespians talking shop in new episodes of this awards season series.
“Christina in the Country” (HGTV, 8 p.m.): “Christina on the Coast’s” Christina Hall decamps for Tennessee in this new home-reno spinoff.
Friday
“Break Point” (Netflix): Up-and-coming tennis stars travel from tournament to tournament hoping to make it to center court in this new docuseries.
“Dog Gone” (Netflix): A youngster and his dad go to great lengths to track down the family’s missing pooch in this fact-based 2023 tale. With Rob Lowe.
“The Drop” (Hulu): A mishap involving someone else’s infant leads to complications for a young couple at a tropical resort in this 2022 comedy.
“Hunters” (Prime Video): Our heroes return to sniff out more Nazis in 1970s NYC in a second season of this drama starring Al Pacino.
“Pretty Problems” (AMC+): An invitation to a stranger’s weekend getaway in Sonoma, California, leads to complications for a different young couple in this 2022 comedy.
“Servant” (Apple TV+): This eerie domestic drama from M. Night Shyamalan returns for a fourth and final season. With Lauren Ambrose.
“Super League: The War for Football” (Apple TV+): They’re taking sides in this new docuseries about a controversial plan to launch a new European soccer league.
“Gold, Lies & Videotape” (Discovery, 9 p.m.): A New Mexico family fights to reclaim of fortune that may not actually exist in this new unscripted series.
Saturday
“Miss Universe” (Roku, 7 p.m.): Women from around the globe vie for the title at the annual pageant in New Orleans.
“How to Murder Your Husband: The Nancy Brophy Story” (Lifetime, 8 p.m.): Cybill Shepherd plays an unhappily married romance novelist in this new fact-based TV movie.
“Austin City Limits” (PBS, 11:30 p.m.): Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats and singer-songwriter Adia Victoria perform.
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(Los Angeles Times listings editor Matt Cooper compiled this column.)
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